Sykes storms to pole at Misano

By Eurosport

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Tom Sykes stormed to take Superpole for the Superbike World Championship race at Misano, with several big names dropping out of the reckoning early.

In wet conditions that saw the session split into two 20-minute phases, the Kawasaki Racing Team rider registered a fastest lap of one minute 35.375 seconds, comfortably the quickest time of the weekend so far and bringing home his fifth Superpole win of the season.

Fellow Briton Jonathan Rea (Honda WSBK) was second-fastest with a time of 1:35.991, with Italy's Ayrton Badovani (BMW Italia Goldbet) third in 1:36.083.

Neither world championship leader Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) or second-ranked Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad) made it out of the first Superpole session.

Biaggi will start to first race in the third row, with Melandri in the row behind alongside Carlos Checa, another casualty of Superpole 1.